Well, you’ve got to give Microsoft one point: they didn’t produce a conventional television ad.
Software giant Microsoft has kicked off its $300 million ad campaign to promote its Windows Vista operating system with a spot featuring comedian Jerry Seinfeld and Microsoft founder Bill Gates having a chance meeting at a fictional store called Shoe Circus, Seinfeld helping Gates into a pair of size 10 “Conquistadors,” and Bill Gates “adjusting his shorts” as a signal Microsoft has big things in the works. The ad is available via Microsoft’s Web site using the company’s Silverlight technology; copies are also popping up on YouTube.
